After Odell Beckham Trade, The Cleveland Browns Are The NFL's Most Exciting Team

Odell Beckham Jr. has been traded to the Cleveland Browns. While the price for the thee-time Pro Bowler was steep, the Browns happily paid it for an explosive 26-year-old wideout. With OBJ now on the roster, the Browns are undoubtedly the NFL’s most exciting team.

Trade terms: The #Browns get WR Odell Beckham Jr and the #Giants get a 1st, a 3rd and Jabrill Peppers, source said

Beckham is one of the league’s premier playmakers and he’ll now join a roster ready to break out. He’ll line up across from former LSU teammate Jarvis Landry and catch passes from 23-year-old quarterback and 2018 PFWA Rookie of the Year Baker Mayfield. Meanwhile, young pass-catchers like receiver Antonio Callaway and David Njoku will only add to the weapons available to Mayfield.

If that’s not enough, the Browns boast an excellent second-year running back in Nick Chubb and added Kareem Hunt this offseason as well.

Beckham didn’t come cheap. The Browns had to give up Jabrill Peppers, plus first- and third-round picks in the 2019 NFL Draft. That’s a ton, but the first-rounder is the 17th pick. No one Cleveland would have selected there could have lived up to what Beckham will bring to the table.

The Browns went 7-8-1 in 2018 and looked like a playoff contender after jettisoning head coach Hue Jackson midway through the year. The won five of their last seven games and are definitely a team on the upswing.

Ryan Phillips

Ryan is a San Diego-based blogger who is a 10-year veteran of the sports writing world. He holds a journalism degree from Indiana University (yes he left San Diego for Bloomington, Indiana voluntarily). He has no pets and a crippling addiction to HBOGo.